Wake Up to Your Makeup

Ask Umbra’s video advice on greener cosmetics 0

Today’s video offers a wake-up call to all who paint and polish. Did you know the FDA doesn’t require safety testing on cosmetics ingredients? Umbra reveals the ugly truths about conventional makeup, and shows you how to put on a happy face.


Didn’t catch the names of the sites Umbra mentioned? Here they are again:


Check the safety of ingredients and products at the Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database
See if your product has been tested on animals at Caring Consumer

 


“Ask Umbra” is the first video series produced by GristTV. Look for new video tips for greening your life from Umbra (nearly) every week.


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Yours is to wonder why, hers is to answer (or try). Send your green-living questions to Umbra.

Umbra Fisk is Grist Research Associate II, Hardcover and Periodicals Unit, floors 2B-4B.

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